Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 In past years erm in the British Isles especially with the British Met Office , we 've only been able really to study part of the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere .
2 Do they want to become MPs for the money ( some , it seems hard to credit , apparently are dim enough to think so ) , for the glamour ( one glance at the crumpled dandruff-laden figure putting the question should disabuse them of that idea ) , for the influence ?
3 This recognition of the " blurred roles " of teachers and librarians , and of the importance of providing opportunities for those who wish to gain an understanding of and professional accreditation in both professions , has long been the case at school level in the USA , where school librarians are generally required to have a proportion of undergraduate and graduate credits in both disciplines ( the regulations vary from state to state ) , and the education system has long been flexible enough to meet the need without the provision of special courses ( though this has its disadvantage in that some students may therefore miss the opportunity to make direct cross-disciplinary comparisons under academic supervision ) .
4 Unfortunately senior executives often either consider that no-one less senior than themselves can be trusted with knowledge of a meeting , or that the meeting is so important that they alone are significant enough to occupy the chair .
5 Chatterton pulled their legs slightly and said they had better be careful not to get on the wrong side of you again and Glastonbury did n't know what the hell anyone was talking about .
6 Such a test much be wide enough to safeguard public morality , yet narrow enough not to encroach on private taste or conscience .
7 It is impossible to define an optimal treatment period but it should obviously be long enough to eliminate the one main cause of non-specific infection , chlamydia .
8 1992 promises a glittering array of exciting events to delight locals and visitors alike — so be sure not to miss the fun !
9 So be careful not to adopt a too idealised view .
10 There are so many suffixes that it will only be possible here to examine a small proportion of them ; we will concentrate on those which are common and productive ( that is , are applied to a considerable number of stems and could be applied to more to make new English words ) .
11 This may be one or two characters in most commercial systems ( Tappert et al , 1990 ) , but need only be fast enough to keep up with the writing .
12 I want to write about it here so that new writers will know it exists and perhaps be brave enough to address this difficult aspect of our experience in their work .
13 My own view is that the project will be truly enlightening about the molecular structure of the human body and brain , and that this knowledge alone is exciting enough to justify the programme .
14 ‘ And he obviously was stupid enough to touch that thing .
15 ‘ Mr Longdon , resisting , kept erect with a low gasp that his host only was near enough to catch .
16 Artemis was quite sure she had committed no such breach of nursery discipline , but even so was careful not to laugh out loud again .
17 Yeah , luckily enough she 's just been able enough to do her own thing ai n't she ?
18 She 'll soon be well enough to make her will . ’
19 If you are well practised in a careful approach , having learned the art of blending yourself into the background and moving with the silence and stealth of a hungry alley-cat , then you will soon be close enough to identify them as chub .
20 Over 12 rounds the fleet feet and mind of Leonard will , I suspect , no longer be quick enough to escape .
21 Lane 's total might already be good enough to win selection but he said : ‘ I still think I need another 25,000 points to be certain of getting into the team so I 'm not counting chickens . ’
22 The best reply we can give is : There is a test ( see exercise 1.11.11 ) due to Kronecker which will always tell in a finite number of steps ( which may easily be large enough to require a computer ) whether or not a given element of Q[x] is irreducible .
23 Just be careful not to overfeed .
24 ‘ And no woman , ’ he said , ‘ has ever been able properly to portray a man . ’
25 But it 'll still be cool just to have it in my house . ’
26 In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try .
27 All three Suffolk players come from the Stowmarket club and two were successful : Edmund Player , one of a small handful of team members who will still be young enough to play for the team again next year , and Josephine Badger , who also represents Norfolk .
28 In 1856 he needed Britain too much to thwart her desires over the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty and so he accepted them , hoping that it would still be possible eventually to bring about an entente with Russia .
29 You 'd still be strong enough to work for us , but you would n't be able to help the Big-Endians . ’
30 With other feelings we may be burdened by their strength , yet still be free enough to choose whether we express them to others by word or action , indulge them or keep a tight rein on them .
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